Is This Festival in the Act of Audiencing?
Day 5 at T:BA:14 has begun. Today marks the halfway point for T:BA:14. This evening I will be attending the U.S. Premiere of Luke George & Collaborators Not About Face. I attended [Read On…] The...
View ArticleWhat We See Through the Looking Glass
Days 6-8 at T:BA:14 Time-Based Dementia appears to be what I am going through at this point. Existential crankiness because you need a nap is not necessarily unpleasant. It is simply another [Read On…]...
View ArticleUnknown Bodies
Days 6 ~ 8 at T:BA:14 Day 6 Tuesday was a day for reflection and rest. After work I finished up the review that I started in the morning and then headed over [Read On…] The post Unknown Bodies appeared...
View ArticleT:BA:14 Scatters the Room and Kicks Up the Dust
Days 9-11 at T:BA:14 The walls are closing in and there is no escape. No escape but through yourself. But when you find the hatch and down you go, there is no [Read On…] The post T:BA:14 Scatters the...
View ArticleMilk Crates and Paper Towels at T:BA:14
Days 9 & 11 at T:BA:14 Day 9 I got to the workshop with Larry Arrington and Ruairi Donovan a little bit late. Everyone was seated on the floor in the space just [Read On…] The post Milk Crates and...
View ArticleYellow and Brown: Visual Arts Review + T:BA:14 Epilogue
As round as an apple, as deep as a cup There is still time to view all the visual exhibits featured at T:BA this year. One thing that now seems permanent to [Read On…] The post Yellow and Brown: Visual...
View ArticleHow To Spend Your Time-Based Art
A practical guide to PICA’s annual contemporary arts festival The 13th Annual T:BA Festival launches its ten-day mission on Thursday. I have lived through eight of these, seeing well over a hundred...
View ArticleT:BA:15: A Narrative from Kate
Day 1: Artist Talk Begins T:BA On opening day of T:BA:15 Thursday, I attended an artist lecture at the new PNCA campus, housed in the old federal building at the tip of [Read On…] The post T:BA:15: A...
View ArticleT:BA:15 as it Happened to Jen
Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title Go to Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title alone or with someone you could sit with for hours in silence without giving a second thought...
View ArticleT:BA Digest DAY 11: The Extra Hour
It is now Thursday night, September 20th and T:BA feels like that dream that you keep relating to, day in and out. After a few days of long sleep, the body comes [Read On…] The post T:BA Digest DAY 11:...
View ArticleT:BA Day 1 | Refreshingly Inclusive
Last night, the 11th Annual Time-Based Art Festival had its kickoff. I picked up my media pass at the box office located next to PICA headquarters around 4 pm yesterday. It is [Read On…] The post T:BA...
View ArticleD. Todd Dickerson Signing in to T:BA 2013
Greetings to the InterArts community, and whomever else may run across these words. My name’s D. Todd Dickerson, and I’ll be helping cover events at the 2013 Time-Based Art Festival. I’ve been [Read...
View ArticleT:BA Day 2 | Don’t Like This
Last night seemed to be a solid kick off to the performance program—if not controversial. Attendance was full for the two theater events I witnessed. In a brief encounter with Angela Mattox [Read On…]...
View Article“Special Effect”| MHSR | E*rock
You may have noticed the ridiculous way I signed off on my introduction. Particularly the sentence concerning the myriad identities and hats I wear at various times, for various people. All of [Read...
View ArticleT:BA Day 3 | Children of History
Forty years ago, on September 11th, the Presidential Palace in Santiago was attacked. The elected President of Chile was ousted by coup, replaced with a CIA backed sham democracy under the dictator...
View ArticleT:BA Day 4 | Passing Through a Narrow Passage
Now getting deep in to the brush and organic material is clinging to your clothes, sweat is on your brow and the mirage of relief is beginning to appear lucid in your [Read On…] The post T:BA Day 4 |...
View ArticleT:BA 9/14 Trajal Harrell | Critical Mascara
Biking in the crisp autumn from ne forty-second down to the river, across the Broadway bridge, to plunge into my first attempt to navigate the new bike lanes recently carved into the Pearl, I arrived...
View ArticleT:BA Mid-Week | Standing on the Bubble
T:BA has been and continues to be roughly a month-long program including the visual art. The feature performances on two successive weekends create an expanding bubble that pops on the Saturday night...
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